An exclusive look at the life and career of German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig. On January 16, Kammersängerin Ludwig spoke to Stepan Atamian at the Blakely Hotel about her work in opera, oratorio, and lieder over her impressive five decades on the stage.

Der Rosenkavalier Excerpts-For this segment, we played excerpts from Ks. Ludwig's performances as Oktavian and as the Marschallin. All Marschallin excerpts were on the Sony Classical recording with Leonard Bernstein leading the Vienna Philharmonic; soloists also included Gwyneth Jones (soprano) and Lucia Popp (soprano). All Oktavian excerpts were on the EMI Classics recording with Herbert von Karajan leading the Philharmonia Orchestra; soloists also included Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano), and Eberhard Wächter (baritone).